I'm not entirely sure whether this is Hudson's vote of no confidence for the entire platform or just some spring cleaning after being bought by Konami, but if you were incredibly excited for Bomberman on your hypothetical 3DS even though your toaster probably has a port of it by now, as well as … [Read more...] about Hudson Cancels Three Slated Nintendo 3DS Games, Bomberman Included
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PS3 Jailbreaker George Hotz Flies The Coop To South America
Updated 24th March It looks like Geohot is on holiday and hasn't fled the US, full details at the link below. George Hotz Denies Fleeing The US To Avoid Sony Lawsuit Well that moral crusade didn't last long. Gorge Hotz, iPhone and most recently and litigiously, PS3 hacker supreme has … [Read more...] about PS3 Jailbreaker George Hotz Flies The Coop To South America
Kingston Launches 16GB microSDHC Class 10 Card
Kingston has announced the addition of a new and speedy microSDHC card to its storage lineup. This new card is designed to meet the growing demands for high-speed data transfer and storage, making it an ideal choice for a variety of devices, particularly camcorders that require fast write speeds. … [Read more...] about Kingston Launches 16GB microSDHC Class 10 Card
Valve Updates Steam Voice Communication Quality Using Skype SILK
Valve has announced that it has now released a new update to its Steam voice communication service that improves the quality of the voice technology within Steam. Steam's voice chat system now uses the SILK audio codec, developed and used by Skype. The SILK technology provides a greatly improved … [Read more...] about Valve Updates Steam Voice Communication Quality Using Skype SILK
How The Snapkey ii Touchscreen Keyboard Works (video)
If you have been wondering how the new Snapkey ii invisible keyboard works from our post back in late February, the designers at Snapkey have had their keyboard systems on show at CTIA and have now revealed the secret of their new creation. Watch the video after the jump to see it … [Read more...] about How The Snapkey ii Touchscreen Keyboard Works (video)
Chromium Task Force Assembled To Reduce Chrome Distribution Size
Since its first release back in May 2009, Google's Chrome has steadily grown from a 9MB distribution up to a 26.2MB release for the Google Chrome release on March 3, 2011. This increase in size is due to numerous additions to Chrome, such as the internal Flash player, PDF reader, and sync … [Read more...] about Chromium Task Force Assembled To Reduce Chrome Distribution Size
The Very Strange Case Of Amazon Vs. Lendle And How They Made Up
Consider this another minor skirmish in the ebook wars. Apparently ebook lending is a major bone of contention between publishers and distributors alike. Lendle is a social app that lets Kindle users get in touch with potential borrowers. On Monday Amazon revoked their API access, axing the service … [Read more...] about The Very Strange Case Of Amazon Vs. Lendle And How They Made Up
Apple To Release 2011 iMac’s In May?
Apple's iMac is due for an update later this year. The current iMac models were announced back in July of 2010, so we should expect to see the 2011 iMac's launching in July of 2011. It turns out that we may see the new 2011 iMac's a little earlier this year, according to CNet's Brian Tong who … [Read more...] about Apple To Release 2011 iMac’s In May?
YouTube Cloud Editor Now Fixes Shakey Videos With Stabilisation Feature
YouTube has now added new image stabilization technology to its cloud-based editor to help reduce and remove the shake you sometimes get on videos taken on a camcorder which doesn't already have stabilization technology installed. You can now take advantage of this feature when you upload any video … [Read more...] about YouTube Cloud Editor Now Fixes Shakey Videos With Stabilisation Feature
Google Chrome Beta 11 Adds HTML5 Speech Input
Google has updated the beta version of Chrome to Chrome Beta 11.0696.16, and this latest version comes with two new updates to Chrome which include an HTML5 speech input API and GPU accelerated 3D CSS. The new HTML5 speech input lets developers add the ability to transcribe voice to text in web … [Read more...] about Google Chrome Beta 11 Adds HTML5 Speech Input
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Photos And Specifications
Yesterday, Samsung unveiled two new tablets in their Galaxy Tab range, the Galaxy Tab 8.9 and the Galaxy Tab 10.1. While we have seen the Galaxy Tab 10.1 before, we now have more photos and specifications on this new Android tablet. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is ultra-thin, measuring just 8.6mm … [Read more...] about Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Photos And Specifications
Google Patents Its ‘Doodles’
Google's logo doodles that change on a daily basis keep visitors to the search site entertained with informative facts and creative images. We have even featured a number of Google's more interesting Doodles here on Geeky Gadgets, such as the Jules Verne Doodle and Google's Doodle Is A … [Read more...] about Google Patents Its ‘Doodles’
